Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet · Skull fracture and intracranial injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Electronic Systems, Inc., 700 East 50th Street North, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA 57104
on — Skull fracture and intracranial injury, affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee opened an overhead garage door on a dock. As the employee was looking for IT cables on the outside of the building, he fell off the dock and hit his head on the concrete about 4 feet below. He suffered a skull fracture and brain bleeding.
HospitalizedBrainRamps, loading docks, dock plates
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